Flash. The US Department of State is outraged. At the highest level of the US government, there is concern. "Lebanese factions allied with Syria are blocking roads." Help. They are blocking roads, they said. But I am not worried. I really truly think that the 20,000 additional troops in Iraq will also solve the problems of Lebanon and Palestine (although I am not sure that they will solve the problems of Somalia. But 20,000 additional Ethiopian troops in Somalia can do the job).